Bug 309204

Summary:	mime type inode/directory confuses other software
Product:	[Applications] filelight	Reporter:	Adrien <perso>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Martin Sandsmark <martin.sandsmark>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	minor	CC:	cfeck, rasasi78
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.11
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
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Description Adrien 2012-10-29 17:38:49 UTC

Hi,

Probably do to the mimetype "inode/directory" used for filelight, it is
opened erroneously by firefox (and probably other software) when it
tries to open a local directory. To reproduce, open the downloads
windows of firefox after downloading a file. Right click the file and
select "open containing folder".

filelight is not usable as a normal directory browser, so it should
not list mimetype inode/directory.

This bug was reported on the Debian bug tracker a (too) long time ago, and I confirm it still exists :
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=398999

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2012-10-29 23:55:46 UTC

You can order the applications using "keditfiletype inode/directory". There, move "Filelight" down.

Comment 2 Adrien 2012-11-07 11:32:33 UTC

Hi,

We can lower the priority of filelight, but it may be better not to associate filelight with the mime type inode/directory, as it is not a file browser ?

The decision of keeping the mime type association or not is yours.

Regards,

Adrien

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2012-11-07 13:40:19 UTC

filelight needs this property, so it can be selected in Konqueror as a view mode for the directory.

Comment 4 Martin Sandsmark 2012-11-09 00:10:38 UTC

It is a file browser (it can even open files, try right clicking on one), so the mimetype association makes sense, it's also nice to be able to right click on/in a random directory and view it with Filelight (i. e. it isn't just needed for the Konqueror integration).

It should never be the default file browser though, but I believe that is a known bug in Firefox (and one of the reasons I dropped Firefox myself).